02-11-2017, 09:48 PM
Wurm,
Search the forum for my posts about Obihai boxes and Google Voice. I moved to the combination 1.5 years afgo and it's been rock solid. And, despite what MrNoBody says, e911 is available via a 3rd party company. You have to pay a small fee for it. A Google Voice number combined with an Obihai box can also serve as a fax line. No problems at all.
Obihai boxes go on sale pretty regularly. If you're going to get one, I recommend the Obi202. It costs a little more but offers more bang for the buck, i.e. support for 2 lines, QoS, etc. Our Obihai Obi202 has my google voice line and my wife's google voice line. I use my line for regular calls. Her google voice line is used for faxing, which comes in handy surprisingly often.
You don't need special phones to use Google Voice with an Obihai box. Just a plain ol' phone will do. My Panasonic cordless phone system is dandy with it. The Google Voice line rings on the Panisonic phones and it's configured to ring on my cell phone simultaneously. I can pick up calls on either the Pansonic phones or my cell phone., whichever is more convenient.
I don't subscribe to the e911 service. Not necessary for my purposes.
If you decide to go with Google Voice, you'll need to transfer your number to a cell phone provider and, in turn, move it to Google Voice. I did it with an AT&T GoPhone configuration. Search the forum for details.
So far, I'm very happy with the combination. Definitely a solid choice for home phone service. My wife was a little leery and decided to move from Vonage to Ooma. Again, no problems. She went to Ooma because of price and features. Ooma offer similar pricing and better features for the money.
If we had to do it again, I'd probably move her regular number to Google Voice (in addition to her existing Google Voice number) and an Obihai box. Since mine has both ports in use, we'd get another and it'd be the Obi202.
Robert
Search the forum for my posts about Obihai boxes and Google Voice. I moved to the combination 1.5 years afgo and it's been rock solid. And, despite what MrNoBody says, e911 is available via a 3rd party company. You have to pay a small fee for it. A Google Voice number combined with an Obihai box can also serve as a fax line. No problems at all.
Obihai boxes go on sale pretty regularly. If you're going to get one, I recommend the Obi202. It costs a little more but offers more bang for the buck, i.e. support for 2 lines, QoS, etc. Our Obihai Obi202 has my google voice line and my wife's google voice line. I use my line for regular calls. Her google voice line is used for faxing, which comes in handy surprisingly often.
You don't need special phones to use Google Voice with an Obihai box. Just a plain ol' phone will do. My Panasonic cordless phone system is dandy with it. The Google Voice line rings on the Panisonic phones and it's configured to ring on my cell phone simultaneously. I can pick up calls on either the Pansonic phones or my cell phone., whichever is more convenient.
I don't subscribe to the e911 service. Not necessary for my purposes.
If you decide to go with Google Voice, you'll need to transfer your number to a cell phone provider and, in turn, move it to Google Voice. I did it with an AT&T GoPhone configuration. Search the forum for details.
So far, I'm very happy with the combination. Definitely a solid choice for home phone service. My wife was a little leery and decided to move from Vonage to Ooma. Again, no problems. She went to Ooma because of price and features. Ooma offer similar pricing and better features for the money.
If we had to do it again, I'd probably move her regular number to Google Voice (in addition to her existing Google Voice number) and an Obihai box. Since mine has both ports in use, we'd get another and it'd be the Obi202.
Robert